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years, we have transformed 22 legacy agencies into a singlentegted department. we have strengthened the homeland security e ameca better equipped to confront the threat that we face. ill budget request allows us to ofe progress operatiol priorities. given the current fiscal environment, this is the third year that the budget request reflects reduction from the previous year. 2.2%, more than $800 million below the fiscal year 13 enacted budget. our missions have not changed and we continue to face evolving threats, but we have become more we useic and how resources, focusing on the approach. it has led the $4 billion in cost reductions through the efficiency review. the appropriations bill enables dhs to mitigate, to some degree, a sequester impacts on our occupations and work force. over six$3 billion months, it will affect our operations in the short and long term. sustained cuts will result in reduced operational capacity, and economic impact of the private sector to reduced and canceled contracts. nonetheless, we can do everything we can to minimize impacts c
years, we have transformed 22 legacy agencies into a singlentegted department. we have strengthened the homeland security e ameca better equipped to confront the threat that we face. ill budget request allows us to ofe progress operatiol priorities. given the current fiscal environment, this is the third year that the budget request reflects reduction from the previous year. 2.2%, more than $800 million below the fiscal year 13 enacted budget. our missions have not changed and we continue to...
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offer my condolences as a boston .ative i'm sure you share our concern yesterday looking at the boston marathon. hopefully, you did not have any family members affected. >> thank you, senator. >> senator ayotte. >> thank you so much for being here today and for your service to our country. we appreciate your leadership. i wanted to ask about the transfer of the deed to a naseby and to have control for the parwan detention facility and how that is going. can you also tell me if we a target or high-value target or for a national that may have intelligence that is helpful to preventing future attacks? how do we handle that situation in light of the detention transfer? >> i could talk to you about the transfer. one of the last things i did before left afghanistan was 10 days after the transfer. spent about four hours on the ground with the leadership. i walked through each and every function being performed inside the facility to insure the partnership arrangement we had with the afghans protected our interests and i am satisfied right now that it does. we have good control over the detainee's and
offer my condolences as a boston .ative i'm sure you share our concern yesterday looking at the boston marathon. hopefully, you did not have any family members affected. >> thank you, senator. >> senator ayotte. >> thank you so much for being here today and for your service to our country. we appreciate your leadership. i wanted to ask about the transfer of the deed to a naseby and to have control for the parwan detention facility and how that is going. can you also tell me if...
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we are over 22% now and we're on a trajectory to hit 35%. it was the level of spending from my standpoint to that balances budgets. i want to get that on the record. thank you for appearing here and thanks for you service. i don't envy your task. you have a big job and we're all rooting for you. i want to pick up on the consolidation of the grant programs. can you speak to me the type of pressure you feel. do you find it is a real problem? >> senator, i try -- i do not involve myself in the direct grant decisions. so that pressure gets a little diminished. but the real problem is these grants, many came out of the 9/11 act were written at an earlier stage of our early understanding of homeland security and the capacity we had around the country. our understanding and capacity is different 10 years later and it is time to reform the grant programs to match that. >> so from your standpoint in terms of managing the budget, you don't feel that is a huge problem? you feel that your allocation of funds is aproprityitly towards risk assessment? >>
we are over 22% now and we're on a trajectory to hit 35%. it was the level of spending from my standpoint to that balances budgets. i want to get that on the record. thank you for appearing here and thanks for you service. i don't envy your task. you have a big job and we're all rooting for you. i want to pick up on the consolidation of the grant programs. can you speak to me the type of pressure you feel. do you find it is a real problem? >> senator, i try -- i do not involve myself in...
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i was surprised to find that many of the military personnel that maintain the f-22 is are not defined as were fighters, as though some sequester and budgetary issues are affecting their ability -- and so some sequester and budgetary issues are affecting their ability to maintain aircraft. 60,000 folks under your command in afghanistan, while the war fighters may be protected, how does the sequester and some of the other budgetary challenges impinge upon your mission, and in particular, i think about things like retrograding equipment. is that something that is viewed as a core war fighting mission, or is that part of the mission that is subject to some of these budgetary reductions? functions we're performing inside afghanistan to include a retrograde are considered were fighting functions. i have been assured there will not be an impact in those areas. the units that are home station, i know from my previous assignment, it is very difficult to say we will probably restores those units that are next to deploy and not support those who are next to deploy. it is not that clean. as we st
i was surprised to find that many of the military personnel that maintain the f-22 is are not defined as were fighters, as though some sequester and budgetary issues are affecting their ability -- and so some sequester and budgetary issues are affecting their ability to maintain aircraft. 60,000 folks under your command in afghanistan, while the war fighters may be protected, how does the sequester and some of the other budgetary challenges impinge upon your mission, and in particular, i think...
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in the course of my 22 years, in the military, i have extensively worked with aircraft for a friday of means. you often have a lieutenant pilot and an airman first class on the ground making decisions to use lethal force was strategic consequences. if there is collateral damage, there is a great level of issues related to that wrong decision. when you talk about the use of remotely piloted aircraft, you have what i believe is unprecedented levels of oversight and precision if you are choosing to use that as a platform. the other choices are fighter aircraft, cruise missiles, seals, artillery and other means of force. the number ofause issues that have come together and lineup to include positive identification, geographic location, collateral damage and other, communications that need to happen, it is often not practical because the targets are fleeting to use any of these other assets. these stars are all lining up in a very fleeting moment. those conditions could not be met in the next moment. remotely piloted aircraft overhead as the and thes are lining up process is a great deal of
in the course of my 22 years, in the military, i have extensively worked with aircraft for a friday of means. you often have a lieutenant pilot and an airman first class on the ground making decisions to use lethal force was strategic consequences. if there is collateral damage, there is a great level of issues related to that wrong decision. when you talk about the use of remotely piloted aircraft, you have what i believe is unprecedented levels of oversight and precision if you are choosing...